Toy.



JOSEPH BANOVITOH, SR. & JOSEPH BANOVITOH, JR.

TOY.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE-'2, 1914.

Patented Feb. 9,1915.

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JOSEPH BANOVI ETGH, SR., AND JOSEPH BANOVITCH, 3B,, OF CAR DERSVILLE, VIRGINIA.

TOY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 9, 1915.

To all whom it may concern a Be it known that we, Josnrn BANOVITCH,

Six, and Josnrrr Bnxovucn, J r., citizens of the United States, residing at Cartersville,

5 in the county of Cumberland and State of Virginia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Toys, of which the follow ing is a specification.-

An object of the invention is to provide a toy which consists of few parts and can he cheaply manufactured, the toy, among other features, contemplating gravitationally movable parts which will afford great amusement, and which, when once set in motion, ivill continue to operate for a considerable period of time due to the counterbalancing of the parts which cooperate to v produce the desired result. To this enduse 1 is made of a counter-balancing elementsuitably supported to swing on a support, with the element having one or a, plurality of movable parts or portions which, in the operation of the counter-balancing element,

will be correspondingly operated to produce a unique and novel effect.

In the further disclosure of the invention reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, constituting a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference denote corresponding parts in all the views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the toy, showing one of the movable parts of the counterbalanced element, portions of which are broken away to disclose the underlying structure; Fig. 2 is a similar view showing another part of the counterbalanced element made movable, parts being broken away to d1sclose the underlying structure; Fig. 3 1s a slmllar view showing still another part of the counterbalanced element made movable, parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure; and Fig. 4 is a slmilar view showingvstill another part of the counterbalanced element made movable,

parts being broken away to disclose the underlying structure. Referring more particularly to the views,

we provide a counterbalanced element 10 arranged upon a suitable support 11, the said counterbalanced element 10 consisting, more particularly, of a body 12 which may be of any desired shape or representation and in this instance is shown to represent on the stem :1 cavalryman, depicting the same seated on a horse. The body 12 has a stem 13 projecting from its under side and :urved rearwardly from the body,v with the stem 13 terminating at its free end in a suitable weight It, and portions 15 of the body, and which, in Fig. 1, are. shown to be the hind legs of the horse, have suitable pins 15 and 16 projecting therefrom, and which are provided to swingingly support the body upon the support 11.

A movable member 17 is arranged to swing on the body, said movable memberhaving a suitable weight 18 forming a part thereof and preferably arranged to swing with the movable member, the said weight,

however, being disposed inside of the body.

so as not to be visible from the exterior thereof. An operating member 19 which, in this instance is shown to be a cord, is arranged on the counterbalanced element 10 and has one end thereof connected with the stem 13. below the horizontal plane of sup port of the body and the other end thereof connected with the movable member 17 arranged above the plane of support of the body. In Fig. 1 the movable member is represented as the tail of the horse and the tail is connected with the cord 19 as mentioned and which. has connection with the stem 13, a suitable eye 20 being formed to provide the connection. Now it will be apparent that when the counterbalanced element 10 is arrange upon the support 11 and a forward and backward swinging movement is imparted thereto, the weight 14 on the lower end of the stem will cause the movement to be continned for a considerable length of time,

said weight acting as a counterbalance for the body 12. As the counterbalanced element swings back and forth, however, a portion of the cord between its ends will engage the support 11 and thus swing the movable member 17 against the gravitational action of the weight 18 so that when the cord is disengaged from the support upon a subsequent downward movement 0 the forward part of the body, the movable member will assume its normal position due to the weight. Thus it will be apparent that each time the body swings upwardly or, as might be stated, when the horse assumes a position as if it were standing on its hind legs only, the an as the horse wiu b openof the cord to the here shown as the figure sitting astride of the horse. The weightfor the movable mem- ,7

ated bythe, action of the cord engaging the support and the tail will be returned to normal position upon the downward swinging movement of the horse or body.

In Fig, '2 we disclose substantiall same construction exce t that in this instance the 'mo'vable' mem er' is represented as being the figure'of a man and ismdicated bythe numeral 21, said movable member in this '..instanc.ehaving the cord 19 attached thereto,

with the cord operating over a suitable pulley or roller 22 on the body, .It will of course be understood that the roller or pulley can be dispensed with and that the cord ,can enter the. bed through a hole therein.

for the, purpose 0 attaching the upper end movable member as is.

;,,ber 21 in this instance is indicated by the numeral 23 and is formed. to provide the stirrup of the ride In Fig. 3, the movable member, indicated by the numeral 24, is shown to be the head of the horse and has the cord 19 attached thereto, andin Fig. e the movable member indicated by the numeral 25 isshown to be the fore leg of the horse,--it being thus of;

course understood that both fore legs can be, operated at one time by having the cord common to; both. In the structure disclosed in Fig. 3 the movable member, 24has a weight 26 similar to the weight shown in Fig. 1 and in Fig. t the movable member 25.carries a weight 27 formed toprovide the.

' grotesque figure and which can the engagement 0 hoof of the fore leg. v

,In all of the instances shown, however, it will be apparent that the principle is substantially the same and that the object is to provide a counterbalanced member preferably designed in the nature of. a toy or be arranged upon a sill or support to swing backwardlyand forwardly orcupwardly and down- I 1 wardly and that itsupward, and downward or backward and forward movement simultaneously operate a movable portion-of the member and which has its operation governed by the swinging of the member and by .claim the cord or operating meminsass r. with :-;the support on which the toy 'p' yper is arranged to swi Having thus described our mventionf'we able member when the element is operated. ,2. In combination with-asupport and a counterbalanced element ,swingingly. disposed thereon, .a movable ,member on the counterbalanced element, and a cord having a portion thereof adapted to engage the sup,

port due tothe swinging of thecounterbala.

anced element whereby the operation ofthe V movable member will be insured.

In combination with abody, a support, pins projecting from the. body stem projecting from the body, the stem whereby the body will balanced ,on the support toI swing thereon, movable member on the body, and means for swingy d p s g he a ro t es pp t a, 'zwe g t em 1 beicountemgfi' a p connecting withthe movable: member and I wlth the stem whereby when the body' isiopel'ated thesaid mean w llxponeerwahthe. support and cause the operation of the said t movable member.

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pinsrprojecting fromthe body forswings yad stein .prdga ting fromthe bddy, the stemwhereby the body will almovable member on the with the stem. whereby when the bodyis up erated the said means will contact with the support and cause the operation of-the said movable member; ,7 In testimony WhBI'QOf VEGBfiIX our signatures in presencepf two witnesses.

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sing the bodyojn the support, a-

a .weight on, I be counter balanced on the support to swing thereon,= T, body, and "a. cord. connecting with the movable member and osnrn BANOVITCH, JR. 

